Biofortification- A novel tool to reduce micronutrient malnutrition

Abstract

In current scenario, people are suffering from vitamins and minerals deficiencies which cause very serious constraint to human health and economic development. Malnutrition is widespread in the many developing nations and causes adverse effect on human health. Malnutrition is the cause of zinc, iron, provitamin A and iodine deficiency and one third of the world’s population is at risk of these deficiencies. So, to tackle this problem, there is need for multiple complementary strategies to address key micronutritient deficiencis. To address this issue, biofortification is one of the promising strategies to enhance the availability of vitamins and minerals for people whose diets are dominated by micronutrient-poor staple food crops.